Ab initio and molecular simulation studies of organic and inorganic counterions' effect on anionic viscoelastic surfactant

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 913-921

  Sultan, A S ^a   Balbuena, P B ^a   Hill, A D ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anionic surfactant; Counterion; DFT; Diverting agents; MD simulation; Stimulation; Viscoelastic (VES)

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; ACID FRACTURING; ACIDIZING; AGGREGATION PROCESS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CO-SURFACTANTS; COMPLEX FLUIDS; CONTROL FLUIDS; COUNTERIONS; DFT; ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRACTURED ZONES; GASPHASE; HEAD GROUPS; IMPACT FLOW; INSOLUBLE MATERIALS; INTERMOLECULAR ATTRACTION; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MATRIX ACIDIZING; MD SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; OILFIELD INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION EQUIPMENTS; PROPPANTS; SODIUM SALICYLATE; TREATMENT OPTIMIZATION; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS; WELLBORE; WHOLE SYSTEMS; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

ACIDIZATION; AGGLOMERATION; BINDING ENERGY; BIOPHYSICS; BUTANE; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EMULSIFICATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIPLE ZONES; OIL FIELDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; WELL STIMULATION;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 70449640443     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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